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Title: A complete geography
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Tarr, Ralph S. (Ralph Stockman), 1864-1912 McMurry, Frank Morton, 1862- (from old catalog) joint author
Subjects: Geography
Publisher: New York, The Macmillan company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ghteen hundred feet above the sea; butit is so small, and so far away, that it also is of little service to us exceptas a coaling station for vessels. The Philippine Islands PURCHASED FROM SPAIN IN 1898 FOR $20,000,000Physiography. —This group of islands, or archipelago, consists ofseveral thousand separate islands, many of whicli are very small.The largest, Luzon, is about the size of Kentucky, and the second,Mindanao, is almost as large. Like the West Indies and theHawaiian Islands, the Philippines are portions of mountain chainsin the sea. They form part of a still greater chain, reaching north-ward to the Japanese Islands and beyond. Throughout the archipelago earthquakes are common and sometimesvery destructive to property and to life; for instance, the earthquake of1863 destroyed a large part of Manila. The earth is in an almost constantstate of tremor, though most of the shocks- are so slight that they aredetected only by the aid of delicate instruments. In addition to earth-
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